Oh my god I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into you guys. Do you honestly, and please be honest....blame him? He put his entire soul into Cleveland, he played basketball there his whole life. Let's face it the last time the Cavs were in the playoffs was 5 years before Lebron showed up, and when he did he immediately made an impact.
The Cavs finished 3 spots higher in their Division, and raised their winning percentage and he also was the first Cav to win Rookie of the Year, not bad for a kid right outta high school. The next season he once again was involved in their better winning percentage and they finished the season higher in the Division than they did the previous year. The next 5 years all involve playoff appearances including a 2006 season where they won their first ever Eastern Conferance Championship (I betcha you guys all were patting Lebron on the back then) Lebron continues to win awards (and also mind you in Lebron's entire career no other teammate ever won an individual award, aside from Mike Brown's gimme Coach of the year 66-16!!!)and was also the only Cav to win the Player of the Year award, which he won 2 times in a row.
To tell me that he is a traitor, coward, narcissist, average player is just not logical, in fact it's absolutely insane. I do understand the pain of watching your team fall apart, I am in fact from New York home of the "CHOKE" but to burn his jersey like he is some kind of child killer is tasteless and cements Ohio as "Craziest Fans in Sports". To top off the circus currently stopping in Ohio for the next oh 2 months, you have Dan Gilbert....my god this man is such a puppet master, a suave snakeoil salesman reminds me of a stupider Pat Reily.
He writes this seething propoganda filled with every unimaginable disgrace to a player he should be on his knees thanking for his revenue and you guys believed him. What could you offer Lebron? NOTHING, in the 5 years that the Cavs where making the playoffs and super hot, he coulda snagged at least 1 or 2 reliable "Toni Kukoc" type guys and cement Lebrons place in Cleveland. What does he do? He lets CARLOS BOOZER walk the year before Lebron gets drafted, he then goes on to sign bargain basement bench role players and rookies who never work out.
Of course Lebron quit this year, what is the point? He plays every minute of every game, is expected night in and night out to be "the guy" and make "that shot", you know what sometimes Jordan passed to Pippen, Bird dished it to Mchale, Magic no looked to Worthy. Who the fuck could Lebron COUNT on amoung those guys? Really who, and please be honest with yourself and have facts to prove any nominees.
I honestly cannot think of another player who has done what Lebron has done thus far, he just about single handedly supported a franchise, he took those guys and gave them confidence and support. He turned the "Jordan's Game Winner" into "Game 5 win over Detriot" amoungest the fanbase and really made the whole state believe they could win a championship. Then he left, because he wants to be able to actually win a championship, can you again blame him?
I could once again explain just how many times Dan Gilbert failed all of you, but you'll prolly just be too busy shooting flaming arrows at targets of Lebron's face. It all boils down to being upset that you know the Cavs are not going to win a championship before Lebron does (and that line I think the term ROFL was penned exactly for moments like that) I understand that pain once again CHOKEtown resident, but you guys are getting all into it and making fools of yourselves, you can create this fable of The Day Lebron turned into Satan, but get real, the dude wants to win, he is taking less money and ready for a shoulder to lean on, its been a long 7 years and standing so tall for so long can really make your legs tired.
Just have some respect for the game and yourselves, he is still from Ohio and will always be it's his home, stop acting like those yokels from frankenstein and beat some kids games or something.
Ok now thats it properly spaced so you can understand it please feel free to have some proof of an intelligent arguement Evol1. As far talking out of my ass Irish i think you have me confused with the sports reporters from Ohio man.
*Edit - I wanted to note that I'm not attacking Ohio as a whole and saying you guys are rioting in the streets, but you guys are some crazy fans, I think the Dawg Pound is a prime example of when passion meets alcoholism.
